Plant Tragopogon porrifolius (Asteraceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Salsify

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
9,10-EPOXYSTEARIC-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Root	not available	56.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
ARSENIC	2	Root	not available	0.1	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Root	80.0	491.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Root	0.0	0.3	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Root	480.0	2610.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
CAOUTCHOUC	0	Root	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Root	186000.0	888000.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
CHLORINE	7	Root	not available	460.0	-1.37	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Root	not available	1.0	-1.19	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Root	2000.0	39150.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Root	2000.0	78300.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
GUM	0	Seed	not available	10000.0	-0.74	Duke, 1992 *
HYDROXYDIEN-ACID	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
INULIN	19	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Root	7.0	67.0	-0.34	Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUCENIN-1	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LUTEOLIN	78	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor (Lung)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Pancreas)	1	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Prostate)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Chiang, L. C., Chiang, W., Chang, M. Y., Ng, L. T., Lin, C. C. 2003. Antileukemic activity of selected natural products in Taiwan. Am J Chin Med, 31(1):37-46.
Antitumor (Thyroid)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaginitic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antivertigo	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antixerophthalmic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anxiolytic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Aphidifuge	2	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor	1	Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Astringent	1	Martindale's 28th